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Jul 2024
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#253 - Raeleen Reads Her Worst Book of t...

Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay
About this episode

This is a meaty one! Ariel reads four books and Raeleen finishes two (including one MASSIVE accomplishment and one big failure) and lots more reading updates too!


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Chapters:

00:00:00 - #253

00:07:16 - Terry Fox

00:07:49 - Raeleen’s Road Trip!

00:22:05 - Book Haul

00:29:47 - What We Read This Week

01:07:39 - Currently Reading

01:13:13 - The Mail Room

01:21:58 - Solid Quote

01:23:59 - HUGE announcement


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